From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 14 10:17:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23F516A403 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:17:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B847C13C4BA for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:17:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BA42094; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:17:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E743F2091; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:17:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BE7505083; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:17:20 +0200 (CEST) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: doug@fledge.watson.org References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <86mz1ckqlc.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:17:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org> (doug@safeport.com's message of "Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:03 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: <86tzvjz2dr.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Claude Menski , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:17:25 -0000 doug@safeport.com writes: > First my experience with [Free]BSD as a server completely mirrors > Dag-Erling's observation, it [mostly] just works. I started with BSDI > switching to FreeBSD around 3.5. I think it is also true that > depending on your hardware a FreeBSD workstation or laptop can be a > bit of a challenge. My issues with FreeBSD as a desktop mostly come from the difficulty of installing software and keeping it up-to-date: 'pkg_add -r' and 'portupgrade -aP' simply can't hold a candle to 'apt-get install' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no